armorris2001

Hey guys I'm a upper division photography student in an automotive photography class. I was wondering if anyone else in the LA area would like a professional picture of their car. Here's one I took of my cobalt last week.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...01/3-4view.jpg

REIGN SS

^^pic doesnt work

armorris2001

I fixed the url.

REIGN SS

cool, thats really good, but the left side is a little dark to me tho.
And it looks slightly crooked...

REIGN SS

what camera do you shoot with??

im impressed to see you took the time to clean the tires, and remove the tire tracks...

do you have any other samples of your work?
Car related or other?

armorris2001

I'm new to car photography and my teacher commented on the same things. I have other examples of people shots give me a sec to upload them

I shot that with a canon 5d

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...oriaforweb.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ncerforweb.jpg

Here's a couple of other things I've done

REIGN SS

ohh canon good for you!! ive got a 30d

I really like the fire dance, its too bad that the flame went out of the frame

armorris2001

Are you a photographer?

REIGN SS

Amateur, still learning alot...

are you on any photo-forums..
there is a really nice canon one w/ a bunch of awesome work, its www.photography-on-the.net

armorris2001

nope but I'll check it out.

REIGN SS

yeah, there are some amazing shots in the transportation & glamour section... They are very helpful, & but it is a more serious atmosphere then here.(i think its b/c alot of them are older).

where do you go to school?

armorris2001

I go to the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. I'm a little over halfway through.

an0malous

thats a very nice shot man.

Id be proud to take a pro lookin pick of my car like that.

armorris2001

Thanks. Taking pictures of cars is really technical, but kind of a dying art. Almost all new car pics nowadays are completely cgi.

REIGN SS

yeah, but there are plenty of people that still enjoy shooting the real thing... There are still 1000's of publications using photos... most GGI shots are motor carriers making them look perfect

armorris2001

True. and you can do well with magazines, but the huge advertising budgets are starting to disappear.

REIGN SS

thats where being multi-talented comes in handy... Designer first, Photographer second

armorris2001

What kind of designer?

Jusday

I like the pic armorris! Very well done but I think I do agree that the left side is slightly dark. Where did you take that btw? I am south of LA a little. Riverside/Temecula area

REIGN SS

Graphic Design, im still im school tho...

ILMODC

Great picture.

I’ve always loved photography, but never really pursued anything. Just my goofy armature stuff with my kids and my car club. Wondering if you might want to help me with a calendar idea for my car club actually.

I’m toying with the idea of putting out a calendar for gmeternal.com. We have cars from 9 second Grand Nationals, 11 second GTPs to GTO’s, Balts, G5s and RL’s. Plus a few Trans Ams & Camaro’s.

Not sure if it would be a paying gig as we are just now getting our feet wet with sponsors and stuff like that, but you never know. Perhaps you can us the pics for a portfolio of yours or something? I dunno.

Thoughts?

Here’s a few recent ones I took. This was with very little prep on top of a parking garage after one of our Friday night meets, lol.

armorris2001

I'm definitely interested. Give me a few more details in a PM.

I took that picture in Santa Barbara up in the mountains.

Rangerondubz

Yeah gotta get me a good camera and then we will see, what camera do you suggest?

armorris2001

That depends on how much you want to spend. A decent Digital SLR with a couple of starter lenses will cost you about 1000 dollars no matter what company you go with. What would you be using the pictures for? Internet and prints smaller than 8x10?

REIGN SS

check out www.dpreview.com there is tons of info about cameras.